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Since 1788, America’s first election for president of the United States, we have had peaceful and successful transfer of power from one president to the next. The election of 2020 was the first …
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Kai Lee / Portland
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7/27/21
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Lee Hemen in his letter (The Reflector, June 30, 2021) reflects a popular view that Democrats are pro-crime while Republicans are the party of law and order, but this view does not fit with the …
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Bruce McClay / Battle Ground
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7/27/21
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I would like to address an objection repeatedly raised at the Battle Ground Public Schools’ June board meeting, at the first reading of the HealthSmart curriculum adoption recommendation for …
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Eunice Ingermanson / Battle Ground
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7/27/21
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Bravo to the Department of Ecology and the entourage of dedicated lawyers, environmental organizations and activists who came together to defeat the world’s largest fracked …
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Sally Keely / Kalama
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7/27/21
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Get off the bench and onto the battlefield. That’s what author and speaker Heidi St. John has been telling audiences for years as she’s traveled the United States urging them to get …
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7/20/21
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I recently stopped in at a local Battle Ground burger joint to have lunch with a buddy. My total came to $8.88 so I gave the 18-year-old behind the cash register a $20 dollar bill and then emptied my …
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Tom Regan/Battle Ground
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7/20/21
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I would like to respond to Jim Tejcka’s letter to the editor in the June 30 Reflector. He equates the COVID vaccine to Thalidomide, which he said was an approved medicine that was later found …
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Gerry Urban/Woodland
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7/13/21
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Jim Tejeka is the latest anti-vaxxer to whine about how he is being discriminated against because he chose to not be vaccinated against COVID-19 (June 30 letter to editor in The Reflector). We heard …
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I would like to make a comment to Jane Sturm, of Battle Ground, who said in a letter to the editor, “As a Republican, I sold my soul.” First, I would like her to tell me what presidents …
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Gene Wineke/La Center
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7/13/21
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Wearing a mask shows concern for the physically weak, the vulnerable, and the immunocompromised. This is courteous and Christian. Not wearing a mask, whatever the reason (the mask mandate violates …
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Bruce McClay/Battle Ground
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7/13/21
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Here we are, once again at the beginning of what could prove to be the worst wildfire season ever and the world’s best firefighting tool sits unused and not ready to go because of decisions …
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Bob Mattila/Brush Prairie
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7/6/21
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Please, stop creating division amongst citizens in La Center. We have a really nice town, but if you spend any time in Facebook groups, you’d think that our city leadership was corrupt, …
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Shirin Elkoshairi/La Center
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7/6/21
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For those wishing to live in an area where everyone would have the same viewpoint about things that they do, I’m glad I’ve lived inside the city of Battle Ground, since we moved here in …
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Judith Blevens/Battle Ground
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7/6/21
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Democrats need to just look in the mirror. Your party is embracing defunding the police, passing disastrous bail reforms, and letting hundreds of rioters, looters and arsonists from last summer go …
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Lee Hemen/Vancouver
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6/29/21
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When did we stop caring about the safety and welfare of our children?
As a retired teacher, mother and grandmother, and a resident of Woodland, I am truly worried that a proposed transient trailer …
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Helene Sulitzer/Woodland
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6/29/21
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I have become increasingly alarmed at the direction that the attitudes surrounding our society have taken, as the danger of COVID begins to diminish. The attitude I am speaking of is what is quickly …
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In the past few years, Republicans have compared themselves to the Republican Party of Abraham Lincoln. The reality of this similarity is only name deep. Lincoln’s Republican Party was big …
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Bruce McClay/Battle Ground
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6/29/21
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Biden is the weakest president ever. Look at his first 100 days.
1. The border is out of control. The border is overwhelmed with drugs and human trafficking. Children are being dropped over the …
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James Kissee/Battle Ground
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6/22/21
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Immigration policy is a complex matter on which opinions vary greatly. I don’t claim to have the answer, but I do know this. In my five years as a labor investigator visiting agricultural …
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Ellen Sward/Vancouver
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6/22/21
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Woodland is considering a new RV park which would be good for the community if it is as well maintained as the park down by the river or the one in east Kelso. My concern is that Woodland is a clean …
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Greg Nuber/Woodland
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6/22/21
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